Nana's Frosting

Anyone who knew my grandma knew that she often shared recipes. Recipes that never turned out as good as her home cooking. She did it on purpose- adding and subtracting ingredients so that the end product would be good, but not as good as her own cooking. I was the exception to that rule and I have a different attitude. As long as her recipes live on, so does she. Here is my recipe for her homemade buttercream (not a traditional buttercream, but that is what she called it).
Nana's Butter Cream

• 3 tbsp. flour
• 1 c. milk
• 2 sticks of butter
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
  Cook flour and milk on stove, stirring constantly until a gravy forms. Allow gravy to cool, really cool. Beat sugar, butter and vanilla; add gravy and continue to beat. Mixture may appear to separate. Do not give up keep beating.

Variation

• substitute any flavor of extract for the vanilla. I love almond and orange. Ideally the extract should be pure and clear.
• This can be made with white crisco for a snow white appearance.
• Toss a couple of soft bananas into a cake mix (prepared according to package), frost with almond flavored buttercream.

Enjoy!